Under the name Acta Naturalia Pannonica there begins a new Periodical. This new publication is a direct descendant of Folia Comloensis (ISSN 0236-8927), which was published between 1984 and 2006. The new publication will contain the results of research in the Pannonian biogeographical region of Hungary, and is concerned with its Zoology, Botany and Conservation, concentrating on key areas. >>> News

The author examines insects’ flight for the light, the influential factors of it and the technology of light trapping since more decades. His present book “The Handbook of Light Trapping” is an augmented and updated variation of his former book (Light Trapping, Savaria University Press, 2000). Chapter 1 deals with the history of light trapping. In the next chapter it disputes a theme, which is very interesting and ere now quite unclarified: the insect’s flying to the light. Hereinafter it handles with the mechanic devices of the light-trap as a tool, than with the exploitation of the collection’s data. The following suits are the chances of the data’s processing methods. The most particular and the most exhaustive part of the book is the efficiency of the light-trap as a tool, as well as the efficiency’s qualifying factors. The authors are handling with the factors separately and jointly too. This book is the utter summary of the light trapping’s letters. Summary work like this doesn’t exist in the international specialist letters as far as I know, so it worth to address the work’s Hungarian and English edition.

Summary: - There has not been published an independent volume on the Pterophoridae fauna of Hungary up till now. The author gives a summary of the knowledge about species of Hungary in two volumes on the basis of 20-year research. He worked up the species of Pterophorinae and Agdistinae subfamilies in the first volume. He gives a brief summary of research history of Hungarian fauna in the introductory part. He looks over the most important literature published since the end of the 19 century. He expounds the systematical problems of Pterophoridae in the taxonomical chapter, then he shows their detailed taxonomy. He analyses the biology, geographical distribution and biogeographical connexions of the Pterophoridae family. He points out that poipulations of some species are dangered in Hungarian fauna: Merrifieldia malacodactyla transdanubinus Fazekas, 1986; Calyciphora albodactyla (Fabricius, 1794); Calyciphora xanthodactyla (Treitschke, 1833); Agdistis heydeni (Zeller, 1852); Agdistis intermedia Caradja, 1920. There is not solved the protection of some fauna-genetically important European species from conservation point of view and the knowledge of izolated population is deficient: Pterophorus ischnodactylus (Treitschke, 1835); Calyciphora nephelodactyla (Eversmann, 1844); Calyciphora xanthodactyla (Treitschke, 1833); Hellinsia distincta (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855); Agdistis heydeni (Zeller, 1852); Agdistis intermedia Caradja, 1847; Agdistis tamaricis (Zeller, 1847).

The author prepered the definition key of subfamilies, tribes, genera and species after the taxonomical list of Pterophorinae and Agdistinae species the definition keys are based on imago morphology and structures of male and female genitals. Thereupon he discusses the Hungarian species in systematical order in the following aspects: descriptions, male and female genitals, similar species, hostplant, flying period, habitat, distribution in Hungary, geographical distribution, fauna element or area-type.

The author shows the headform of genera, the wing structure, the habit of wings of species, the male and female genitals in drawings. The UTM maps of Hungarian species their palaearctic distribition can be seen in the closing chapter.

Abstract: — The author summarizes Baranya county’s (S–Hungary) Microlepidoptera fauna for first time. Up to the present 1006 Microlepidoptera species belonging to 52 families have been collected in the area of this small range of county’s. This paper summarizes all the results published earlier and it also adds new data.

Abstract: – Based on the literature of butterfly and larger moth fauna, the author comply the checklist of the fauna of Mecsek Mountains and present the short history of the investigations caried out in this field. In study, they found data proving the occurence of 949 species of Bombicioidea, Sphingoidea, Papilionoidea, Geometroidea and Noctuidea taxa. The paper summarizes all the results published earlier and it also adds new data. A brif ecological, zoogeographical and conservational evaluation is presented.

Abstract: – Based upon literature data and original studies the species of Lepidoptera occurring in Mecsek Mountains area listed. Anthropogenic activates in their habitats, threats and reasons for decline as well as possibilities of conservation measure for Lepidoptera and their habitats are analysed and discussed. An annotated check-list of Lepidoptera and threatened species are listed.